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rick scott cut early voting in florida almost in half. and when it became clear that florida voters were facing eight-hour lines for early voting, governor rick scott refused to put any of those lost days back. get in line, florida. let's see how long you can wait. republican governor rick scott refused to do anything to shorten the lines, even though not everybody could stand in the marathon lines that he and florida republicans created by policy. in the after-election studies of what happened this year, it is reported that at least 200,000 florida voters ultimately gave up and walked away from the polls. they had to because of the lines. at least 200,000 voters who wanted to vote who did not make it through the epic journey from the end of the line to the voting booth. at least 200,000, maybe more. that did not happen by accident. making voting harder was policy in florida and in several other states as well. republican-controlled states, because it was republican policy. and since the election, republicans in the states have seen that
rick scott cut early voting in florida almost in half. and when it became clear that florida voters were facing eight-hour lines for early voting, governor rick scott refused to put any of those lost days back. get in line, florida. let's see how long you can wait. republican governor rick scott refused to do anything to shorten the lines, even though not everybody could stand in the marathon lines that he and florida republicans created by policy. in the after-election studies of what happened...
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. >> rick scott. >> rick scott. >> talking about -- i mean, rick scott, who literally was wearing a t-shirt for the last several hundred days that said repeal obama care is now buying in. cathleen, secretary of health and human services, joy, calls this something that is too good to pass up. >> it's too good to pass up. i'm sorry. i didn't mean to laugh in the face of rick scott's great compassion. this guy's signature policy was to drug test the poor. this is a guy who is so compassionate about the poor that he literally led the fight of 22 states all the way to the supreme court to stop health care. he just wrote an op ed, literally two months ago, saying absolutely not, hell no, we're not taking this medicaid money. what they should have said is i am a swing state republican, and i can't get re-elected in 2014 if the hospital interests many my state come and threaten me with their own bankruptcy and then run against me or fund my opponent. these guys all got elected in 2010 on this tea party rah-rah thing, none of that dirty federal money, and now you have 100% match. the federal governm
. >> rick scott. >> rick scott. >> talking about -- i mean, rick scott, who literally was wearing a t-shirt for the last several hundred days that said repeal obama care is now buying in. cathleen, secretary of health and human services, joy, calls this something that is too good to pass up. >> it's too good to pass up. i'm sorry. i didn't mean to laugh in the face of rick scott's great compassion. this guy's signature policy was to drug test the poor. this is a guy who...
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rick scott is even interesting. did he come around to obama-care last week. i guess anything is possible. but let's talk about the nra a little bit. the power of the nra, is it on the wane? they may have had a .8% success rate. they're good at grabbing headlines, but it seems as if they're more of a paper tiger than they have been in the past. >> they are. if politicians understood that they would realize if you look at the last cycles between 2004 and 2010 where you had senate elections and congression nat elections, they almost have a zero success rate. there are a lot of reasons for that. yes, more guns are being sold, but the guns being sold are not being sold to the broad public but the same small group. that's the first thing. because that have you don't have broad acceptance of the nra talking points. the second point is just as important. right now you have the nra spreading out their money between a bunch of small elections. if you really drilled that and found out what the nra puts in these elections it's about $2,500. that's not enough to move numb
rick scott is even interesting. did he come around to obama-care last week. i guess anything is possible. but let's talk about the nra a little bit. the power of the nra, is it on the wane? they may have had a .8% success rate. they're good at grabbing headlines, but it seems as if they're more of a paper tiger than they have been in the past. >> they are. if politicians understood that they would realize if you look at the last cycles between 2004 and 2010 where you had senate elections...
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rick scott aside, 14 have said they will not participate. the medicaid expansion will provide coverage to almost 6 million people in just those working states that have opted out. the implementation of medicaid expansion in the state level is now the front line of the health care battle in this country. will ultimately determine whether the new clauses in the social contract uniformly apply across the country. joining us julia arekoosh and former minute of mitt romney advisory group, author of the apothecary. tia mitchell, tampa bay time, miami tallahassee bureau. and joy reed. great to have you here. tia, you broke this story. what change -- flip-flop say term that gets overused in politics. but this is a flip-flop. >> this is. and what happened is governor rick scott took the practical -- the words you used, practical, he said, it doesn't make sense for florida to leave 100% federal match on the table. >> but the weird thing about it, he seemed like he just -- that was in the bill back in june when he said it was terrible. it wasn't like h
rick scott aside, 14 have said they will not participate. the medicaid expansion will provide coverage to almost 6 million people in just those working states that have opted out. the implementation of medicaid expansion in the state level is now the front line of the health care battle in this country. will ultimately determine whether the new clauses in the social contract uniformly apply across the country. joining us julia arekoosh and former minute of mitt romney advisory group, author of...
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it's not a white flag of sur render to government run healthcare. >> bret: republican for rick scott of florida ran commercials, $20 million against obamacare when running for governor. now, he is accepting a major expansion of medicaid in florida. and is being praised by the white house. he is one of seven republican fors accepting this administration expansion of medicaid as part of obamacare. new mexico, north dakota, michigan, ohio, nevada and now florida. so is this the tipping point here for obamacare? what does it all mean? let's bring in the panel. steve hayes for stand stand. kirsten powers for the daily beast. syndicated columnist, charles krauthammer. what do you think? >> look, i think, as a matter of helpful, it's not a good idea to expand medicaid. it's basically going to blow up under obamacare. you can understand the rationale for governors wanting to accept it. i wouldn't do it but it's particularly galling for for scott who made a career opposing obamacare. he ran a private citizens group opposing obamacare and ran for governor opposing obamacare. he was elected lar
it's not a white flag of sur render to government run healthcare. >> bret: republican for rick scott of florida ran commercials, $20 million against obamacare when running for governor. now, he is accepting a major expansion of medicaid in florida. and is being praised by the white house. he is one of seven republican fors accepting this administration expansion of medicaid as part of obamacare. new mexico, north dakota, michigan, ohio, nevada and now florida. so is this the tipping point...
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news today, florida governor rick scott, foe, fierce foe of obamacare and railed against taking medicaid money from the feds has now done a sharp aboutface. listen to what scott said recently. >> i cannot in good conscience deny floridian the needed access to healthcare. we will support a three-year expansion of the medicaid program under the new healthcare law. as long as the federal government meets their commitment to pay 100% of the cost in that time. >> andrea: yeah, but that is not what you said in 2011, governor scott. remember that? >> this will be devastating for patients and devastating for taxpayers and the biggest tax-killer ever. we are not going to expand medicaid and we'll do the right thing. not the exchange. this raises the cost of healthcare for all floridians. it doesn't work. >> andrea: why the change of heart? >> dana: like president obama ran on closing gitmo but he became program and realizes oh, wait, we need that. the governors on principle said we can't, this is not a good way to do business. then the situation in florida is such that he made a decision to go ba
news today, florida governor rick scott, foe, fierce foe of obamacare and railed against taking medicaid money from the feds has now done a sharp aboutface. listen to what scott said recently. >> i cannot in good conscience deny floridian the needed access to healthcare. we will support a three-year expansion of the medicaid program under the new healthcare law. as long as the federal government meets their commitment to pay 100% of the cost in that time. >> andrea: yeah, but that...
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this follows a similar decision by senator rick scott. christie says thousands of new jerseyens will receive health insurance and the state will save money. the federal government will pick up the bill for the first three years. the president is closer tonight to filling up the second term cabinet. two controversial nominees came up for senate votes today and both advanced. mike emanuel has results. >> chuck hagel was confirmed as defense secretary despite the lackluster performance in front of the senate armed services committee and controversial comments he made about irap and israel. the vote was 58 to 41 with democrats and four republicans backing him. today, the number two ranked republican crushed his former colleague. >> there is simply no way to sugar coat it. senator hagel performance before the senate armed services committee was inept. we should not install defense secretary who is not qualified for job. >> in case colleagues were considering make hagel wait longer a democrat warned one day it will be a g.o.p. president's nomin
this follows a similar decision by senator rick scott. christie says thousands of new jerseyens will receive health insurance and the state will save money. the federal government will pick up the bill for the first three years. the president is closer tonight to filling up the second term cabinet. two controversial nominees came up for senate votes today and both advanced. mike emanuel has results. >> chuck hagel was confirmed as defense secretary despite the lackluster performance in...
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bill: hopefully we'll get governor rick scott on the air to talk about this. it was a bit of an earthquake on the story e. has strongly resisted going there and now he has. >> reporter: my prediction is he's going to say he's doing it because he's privatizing. martha: remember when michael jordan tried baseball? michael phelps has a new venture and he's doing it on tv in front of everybody. the olympic great joins us moments away right here in the studio. bill: looking forward to that. cool. folks in russia say it would have been nice to get a warning. a speeding meteor come tho coming to your town? maybe we can get that warning soon. we'll tell but that. and every day since, we've worked hard to keep it. today, the beaches and gulf are open for everyone to enjoy. we've shared what we've learned, so we can all produce energy more safely. bp's also committed to america. we support nearly two-hundred-fifty thousand jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. our commitment has never been stronger. martha:
bill: hopefully we'll get governor rick scott on the air to talk about this. it was a bit of an earthquake on the story e. has strongly resisted going there and now he has. >> reporter: my prediction is he's going to say he's doing it because he's privatizing. martha: remember when michael jordan tried baseball? michael phelps has a new venture and he's doing it on tv in front of everybody. the olympic great joins us moments away right here in the studio. bill: looking forward to that....
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republicans like jan brewer, sam brownback, rick scott, and rick perry are asking their legislators in their state for more infrastructure funding. unlike congress, these republican governors realize that compromise is the key to improving their states and their political futures. let's turn to sam stein, political reporter of the huffington post with us tonight. heather mcghee, vice president of policy and route reach. and richard wolffe, executive editor of msnbc. richard, you first. employing these republican governors what they're advocating in their states, how good and how effective could this be? >> the president has faced tougher oppositions not just from republicans, but from republican governors on his signature health care reform legislation. and what we have seen in the last several weeks and months is that these republican governors, no matter what their rhetoric, no matter what their national aspirations have begun to crack. because in the end, they are going to be measured by what they can deliver to folks in their state. so i think it has been effective. i think it will
republicans like jan brewer, sam brownback, rick scott, and rick perry are asking their legislators in their state for more infrastructure funding. unlike congress, these republican governors realize that compromise is the key to improving their states and their political futures. let's turn to sam stein, political reporter of the huffington post with us tonight. heather mcghee, vice president of policy and route reach. and richard wolffe, executive editor of msnbc. richard, you first....
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scott walker, rick scott, john kasic. martinez, sandval. it must be great justification for president reagan that even folkses on the other side like keith are praising his organization. >> keith's honest about this stuff. reagan had to make a deal. i agree. i was there for several keedeal. one was bad, the 83 tax and spend. the 82 deal kept them going for three decades. the 86 tax reform deal was a good deal. is that lacking in the gop now -- the art of deal-making? reagan knew how to do it. >> you left off the list the 86 immigration deal which turned out to be a disaster. the tax and spend deal and the immigration deal where conservatives learned from that saying when liberals promise that the tax cuts or the spending cuts are going to happen or the enforcement will happen, those never necessarily seem to materialize. maybe there were lessons learned. >> let me jump in. >> real quick. >> the reason it failed was it was unenforced by the bush administration. the second, many immigrants who came here came from communist oppression in nicar
scott walker, rick scott, john kasic. martinez, sandval. it must be great justification for president reagan that even folkses on the other side like keith are praising his organization. >> keith's honest about this stuff. reagan had to make a deal. i agree. i was there for several keedeal. one was bad, the 83 tax and spend. the 82 deal kept them going for three decades. the 86 tax reform deal was a good deal. is that lacking in the gop now -- the art of deal-making? reagan knew how to do...
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that same day, florida governor rick scott appoints angela curry to lead a special investigation. the next day, president obama speaks publicly about the case for the first time. >> if i had a son, he'd look like trayvon. >> reporter: march 24th, a new black pan per that's right offers a $10,000 reward for zimmerman's capture. two days later, trayvon martin rallies are held across the country demanding zimmerman's arrest. april 11, zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder and turns himself in. bond is set at $150,000 and three days later, he walks out of jail in the middle of the night only to return six weeks later when a judge revokes his bond after prosecutors say zimmerman and his wife lied about being poor at his bond hearing, failing to mention hundreds of thousands of donated dollars from supporters. this time zimmerman's wife is also arrested, charged with perjury. july 6th, zirmmmmerman's releas now on $1 million bond and goes into hiding. zimmerman appears on fox news. >> is there anything you might do differently in retrospect, now that time passed a little bit? >
that same day, florida governor rick scott appoints angela curry to lead a special investigation. the next day, president obama speaks publicly about the case for the first time. >> if i had a son, he'd look like trayvon. >> reporter: march 24th, a new black pan per that's right offers a $10,000 reward for zimmerman's capture. two days later, trayvon martin rallies are held across the country demanding zimmerman's arrest. april 11, zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder and...
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. >> michael: ironic looking back knowing that rick scott who beat charlie crist is also accepting money from obama for the healthcare. michael tomasky for joining us from daily beast. up next, a big win. we'll talk about the importance about violence against women act right here after the break. [ ♪ music ♪ ] (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. (vo) she's joy behar. >>current will let me say anything. >> michael: let's begin with the story of gwen moore who grew up in milwaukee in the 1960s. the eighth of nine children to a factory work and schoolteacher. during that time she went on a date with a boy who she considered a friend, but instead he dragged her behind a building and brutally raped her. it turned oh out to be part of an among a group of boys if anyone could get the self self-describe egg head. the court blamed her for dressing provocatively and the boy was found not guilty. one in five american women have been raped, and one in four attacked by an intimate partner.
. >> michael: ironic looking back knowing that rick scott who beat charlie crist is also accepting money from obama for the healthcare. michael tomasky for joining us from daily beast. up next, a big win. we'll talk about the importance about violence against women act right here after the break. [ ♪ music ♪ ] (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. (vo) she's joy behar....
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florida governor rick scott has announced he will expand medicaid under president obama's healthcare law. scott becomes the seventh healthcare governor and the fifth running for re-election in 2014 to accept the expansion. basically you could look at it that just about any blue governor in a state that obama carried seems to be finding a way to compromise on healthcare and that includes scott, even before he was thought of as a candidate in any state, he put his opposition to healthcare and he made it the center of his 2010 campaign. >> so i bet you're wondering, where have i seen that handsome bald guy before, right? it was here, when i was a leading critic of the obama health plan. he asked for it. he thinks more government is all the the answer. >> not surprisingly conservatives land blasted scott's decision. quote, today he came out in the medicaid expansion he vowed to oppose. at every level of government, it is too easy to spend other people's money. when politicians feel they must do to get re-elected instead of doing what's right, they often lose re-election, and if not, they
florida governor rick scott has announced he will expand medicaid under president obama's healthcare law. scott becomes the seventh healthcare governor and the fifth running for re-election in 2014 to accept the expansion. basically you could look at it that just about any blue governor in a state that obama carried seems to be finding a way to compromise on healthcare and that includes scott, even before he was thought of as a candidate in any state, he put his opposition to healthcare and he...
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what about rick scott? >> among the republican governors who still oppose adopting obamacare are bobby jindal of louisiana, scott walker of wisconsin, and rick perry of texas. meanwhile, one of the organizers of c-pac explained why governor christie was not invited to speak at the meeting. they spoke to christie's attack on republicans for delaying a vote on sandy relief saying in part, quote, he made it very hard for republicans in the congress at a time when we were trying to deal with fiscal restraint this past year. we were disappointed with his take on the disaster relief bill. we're hoping that next year he'll give us a reason to invite him again. >> al cardenas is a friend of mine. >> he's a really great guy. >> he's been a friend of mine for a really long time, and it's his party. and it's cpac's party. yesterday i went on and on about why people didn't like chris christie. i've been talking about glenn beck versus chris christie. conservative websites immediately put up headlines that said, "scarbo
what about rick scott? >> among the republican governors who still oppose adopting obamacare are bobby jindal of louisiana, scott walker of wisconsin, and rick perry of texas. meanwhile, one of the organizers of c-pac explained why governor christie was not invited to speak at the meeting. they spoke to christie's attack on republicans for delaying a vote on sandy relief saying in part, quote, he made it very hard for republicans in the congress at a time when we were trying to deal with...
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that was incredibly unpop ular and the governor rick scott and the republicans down there looked bad. so lo and behold, governor rick scott and the republicans in florida are supporting the very expanded early voting hours they opposed, because they realized a political cost to this, and that message needs to get through to the members of congress. if they keep pushing the voter suppression, there is a cost, and they should back sensible election reform and a bipartisan process and both parties were for early voting, and only in 2008 that early voting became a partisan issue, so no reason that we can't have a workable standard nationally on this with a bipartisan basis. >> the only thing that we need national standards about is making sure that we have enough voting stations in the precincts. it affects people of color and urban communities and poorer community, but in ohio, the big mess in the election in 2004 in ohio really, i don't think that it was karl rove sitting in a room with a button pushing the diebold button, but because there were not enough voting machines, and people go
that was incredibly unpop ular and the governor rick scott and the republicans down there looked bad. so lo and behold, governor rick scott and the republicans in florida are supporting the very expanded early voting hours they opposed, because they realized a political cost to this, and that message needs to get through to the members of congress. if they keep pushing the voter suppression, there is a cost, and they should back sensible election reform and a bipartisan process and both parties...
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scott from purging minority voters from rural voting roles and eliminating early voting. thankfully, attorney general eric holder knows minority voting suppression is real. >> it is the position of this department of justice and this attorney general that we will vigorously defend and vigorously use section 5. the need for it is still there. >> make no mistake, this is all about politics. the washington attorney for shelby county, alabama, was the same attorney who represented republicans in ohio and florida who were trying to reduce early voting in this last section cycle. the fact is republicans can't win minority votes with their ideas. they just keep getting busted when they try to suppress minority votes by breaking the rules so now they're trying to eliminate the rules all together. as we saw in states like ohio and pennsylvania last year, the suppression efforts goes far beyond the south. the bottom line is rolling back protections for minority voters in these states isn't the answer. we need to expand those protections to cover the entire map and kill jim crowe on
scott from purging minority voters from rural voting roles and eliminating early voting. thankfully, attorney general eric holder knows minority voting suppression is real. >> it is the position of this department of justice and this attorney general that we will vigorously defend and vigorously use section 5. the need for it is still there. >> make no mistake, this is all about politics. the washington attorney for shelby county, alabama, was the same attorney who represented...
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including florida republican rick scott. >> what did i today was challenge our state colleges, can they come up with $10,000 degrees. $10,000 for all the tuition for a degree where they know they can get a job? shep they will just teach each other. some democrats call it a gimmick pointing out that those sam governors supported massive spending cuts to universities. other proponents say it could end up cheapening the value of the diploma. adam shapiro has more on this. does this apply to all public universities in states like florida? >> when you think florida state. university of florida. no this would not apply to those institution. think the old community colleges and the junior colleges. they are upping their game. these are valid four year accredited degrees, shep. so the 904 billion in student loan debt now is greater than credit card debt. so that's why governors like governor perry and governor scott are calling on what they call the 10 kb.a. >> beware the bubble. what kind of degrees are are you talking about. >> miami dade college well you can see right there. they offer accre
including florida republican rick scott. >> what did i today was challenge our state colleges, can they come up with $10,000 degrees. $10,000 for all the tuition for a degree where they know they can get a job? shep they will just teach each other. some democrats call it a gimmick pointing out that those sam governors supported massive spending cuts to universities. other proponents say it could end up cheapening the value of the diploma. adam shapiro has more on this. does this apply to...
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host: florida is another state where expansion of medicaid will take effect with republican rick scott, who will be our guest tomorrow morning. the headline from the "sunsentinal," -- the florida medical association saying there is a growing shortage of doctors. if the florida legislative does go with rick scott's recommendation to offer medicaid under the affordable care act, they are saying the shortage will only get worse if the figures -- florida now has 5600 doctors expected to retire in the next five years. obama-care could add -- it would only worsen in the years ahead. from arizona, welcome. caller: thank you. i would like to mention some key points in governing -- say, the democratic governing versus republican governing. i like to take a few minutes to get everything together and have an understanding as to what governing means, what government tries to do and the obstructions that the republicans have caused four at least 33 years to try and -- let me start out by saying we need to be led in the country, and if we elect somebody to lead us, please let him lead us. if our air
host: florida is another state where expansion of medicaid will take effect with republican rick scott, who will be our guest tomorrow morning. the headline from the "sunsentinal," -- the florida medical association saying there is a growing shortage of doctors. if the florida legislative does go with rick scott's recommendation to offer medicaid under the affordable care act, they are saying the shortage will only get worse if the figures -- florida now has 5600 doctors expected to...
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rick scott has really dismal approval ratings. he's up for re-election in 2014. he's been softening a lot of positions he's held going in. this guy is only known on the national stage because he formed a pac that ran commercials against the idea of obama care. and then as governor he fought the affordable care act all the way to the supreme court, led the states that sued to stop the law. and has said really up until even a couple of months ago he would absolutely not do the medicaid expansion. but the problem is, hospital interest in florida stood to lose something like $33 billion if the 1.3 million floridians without insurance coverage couldn't also get medicaid. without medicaid you have a lot of people who would show up at the e.r., about a million of those 1.3 million, who could get care uncompensated by the federal government. so hospital interests have really pushed republicans including scott to take this money. and it's not an if it's three years, it is three years. that's what the law said. they're getting 100%. florida just couldn't afford to say no b
rick scott has really dismal approval ratings. he's up for re-election in 2014. he's been softening a lot of positions he's held going in. this guy is only known on the national stage because he formed a pac that ran commercials against the idea of obama care. and then as governor he fought the affordable care act all the way to the supreme court, led the states that sued to stop the law. and has said really up until even a couple of months ago he would absolutely not do the medicaid expansion....
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but suddenly some cran governors starting with rick scott down in florida are starting to have second thoughts. right? >> right. right. we have seven republican governors who have gone back on their decision and so like you said, rick scott did it last wednesday. we have governor from arizona, michigan they havenevada, michigan and florida. you said florida. we are seeing people going back on it. i think democrats are happy about that because it makes them look good. governor o'malley told me the other day sometimes they are ing wiser. that's what he had to say. it's a bateit and switch. >> i was talking with calves director of health and human services who pointed out, you know, this is a no-brainer. right? medicaid is such an important program and for the federal government saying we want you to expand into these areas and we will pay for that 100 percent is unprecedented. usually the federal government sticks with requiring what they are required to do. she was saying they wanted as much of that medicaid money as they can get if other governors don't want t they will take it in cal
but suddenly some cran governors starting with rick scott down in florida are starting to have second thoughts. right? >> right. right. we have seven republican governors who have gone back on their decision and so like you said, rick scott did it last wednesday. we have governor from arizona, michigan they havenevada, michigan and florida. you said florida. we are seeing people going back on it. i think democrats are happy about that because it makes them look good. governor o'malley...
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. >> the president got good news because rick scott said he now wants to expand medicaid. he is one of several -- several republican governors who have looked flopped on that. how does the white house review that? >> we are focused on implementation of the portable care act. we think the decisions made by governors across the country to move forward with implementation recognize that the benefits here for providing affordable health care to citizens of their state are very worthwhile. and we will continue to work with governors and states around the country to bring about the implementation of the portable care act. -- of the affordable care act. but we are going about the business of implementing this very important piece of legislation. >> western diplomats are saying the p5 plus 1 are prepared to make significant new offers. can you shed any light on that? rex i can i get into any details on what they will represent -- but it will present other than to say the group is united in its approach and is ready to have a serious discussion. we simply call on the iranians to ar
. >> the president got good news because rick scott said he now wants to expand medicaid. he is one of several -- several republican governors who have looked flopped on that. how does the white house review that? >> we are focused on implementation of the portable care act. we think the decisions made by governors across the country to move forward with implementation recognize that the benefits here for providing affordable health care to citizens of their state are very...
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. >> stay with us right now and we'll bring in rick santelli, right, scott? >> obviously the market liked what it heard today. i mean, you can debate as to how much bernanke has to do with the rally today, but certainly if there were those who worried that the fed was going to leave sooner than we wanted, he definitely was more in bulla camp, in the dove camp of saying we're not going anywhere and there's substantial improvement in the labor market and we all have to believe that that's not going to happen for any time in the very into future. >> i agree with your last statement. the labor market probably isn't going to improve dramatically which really i think is a snafu in ben's argument. take it a step farther. the market wasn't looking to hear anything different. the minutes, as many on this floor have said, ignore the minutes, that there's a handful of people that control the power, and nobody sees the fed. what percentage is in it from ben's vantage point to stop any of the programs? anything that goes wrong, he gets blamed. continue down the road he do
. >> stay with us right now and we'll bring in rick santelli, right, scott? >> obviously the market liked what it heard today. i mean, you can debate as to how much bernanke has to do with the rally today, but certainly if there were those who worried that the fed was going to leave sooner than we wanted, he definitely was more in bulla camp, in the dove camp of saying we're not going anywhere and there's substantial improvement in the labor market and we all have to believe that...
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not really, but rick scott has agreed to support a portion of health care reform. he spent at least $5 million of his own money fighting national health care reform and lead the charge against the affordable care act all the way to the supreme court. now he is saying he will agree to the expansion of medicaid coverage to poverty level florida citizens. he said just for three years, and scott's stunning reversal comes coincidentally or not at the same time there was a conditional waiver the bar harbor bake is really worth trying. [ male announcer ] get more during red lobster's lobsterfest. with the year's largest selection of mouth-watering lobster entrees. like our delicious lobster lover's dream, featuring two kinds of succulent lobster tails. or our savory, new grilled maine lobster and lobster tacos. it's back, but not for long. [ woman ] our guests go crazy for lobsterfest. my favorite entree is the lobster lover's dream. what's yours? come celebrate lobsterfest and sea food differently. from silver screens... to flat screens... twizzlerize your entertainment
not really, but rick scott has agreed to support a portion of health care reform. he spent at least $5 million of his own money fighting national health care reform and lead the charge against the affordable care act all the way to the supreme court. now he is saying he will agree to the expansion of medicaid coverage to poverty level florida citizens. he said just for three years, and scott's stunning reversal comes coincidentally or not at the same time there was a conditional waiver the bar...
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sanford police chief steps down and rick scott appoints angela curry to lead a special investigation. the next day, president obama speaks publicly about the case for the first time. >> if i had a son, he would look like trayvon. >> reporter: march 4th, a group call the new black panther party offers a $10,000 reward for zimmerman's "capture." trayvon martin rallies held across the country demanding zimmerman's arrest. april 11th, zimmerman charged with second degree murder and turns himself in. bond set at $150,000 and three days later, he walks out of jail in the middle night of, only to return six weeks later when a judge revokes his bond after prosecutors say zimmerman and his wife lied about being poor at his bond hearing, failing to mention hundreds of thousands of donated dollars from supporters, this time zimmerman's wife is also arrested, charged with perjury. july 6th. zimmerman's release from jail again, now on $1 million bond and goes into hiding. zimmerman appears on fox news. >> anything you might do differently in retrospect now that time has passed a little bit? >>> no
sanford police chief steps down and rick scott appoints angela curry to lead a special investigation. the next day, president obama speaks publicly about the case for the first time. >> if i had a son, he would look like trayvon. >> reporter: march 4th, a group call the new black panther party offers a $10,000 reward for zimmerman's "capture." trayvon martin rallies held across the country demanding zimmerman's arrest. april 11th, zimmerman charged with second degree...
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>> well, rick scott came into office really as one of the few tea party elected officials in 2010, and he was opposed to taking any federal money that he thought was going to somehow affect the deficit or make the state of florida have to pay a little more money as part of its own share. so he made a lot of news when he turned down i think it was $2.4 billion in funding for a high-speed rail line between tampa and orlando. but there have been other less sort of notable event where is florida has turned down about $37 million in funds that were attached to the affordable care act but not part of obama care. they were just in the same bill to get funded. and that money would have helped people transition out of nursing homes and be able to be cared for in their own homes with their kids, their parents or elderly people with their children. and scott said no way, and the legislature also said we're not taking it because they perceived it to be as part of the affordable care act. >> so when you look at florida, is it fair to use it as a case study for the tea party system or were there oth
>> well, rick scott came into office really as one of the few tea party elected officials in 2010, and he was opposed to taking any federal money that he thought was going to somehow affect the deficit or make the state of florida have to pay a little more money as part of its own share. so he made a lot of news when he turned down i think it was $2.4 billion in funding for a high-speed rail line between tampa and orlando. but there have been other less sort of notable event where is...